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Monday, September 15, 2008

Hello All! I am happy to say that the results are in!!! And they showed that it was something that could be cleared up! Praise God!! So our plan now is to finish up the antibiotic and finish up our cycle. I hope everything works out. I am trying daily to keep this positive attitude up!!I know this is kind of short but I just wanted to update you guys.

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Yes I know that this is my second post today but I wanted to comment back to all the comments on my last couple of posts.

This blog has been such a blessing! It has been a form of therapy to type my thoughts out and get them OUT of my head. And I have been able to share my story with others just as I get to hear other's stories who are going through the same thing. I am glad that I am able to share my story with all of you. And I love the support that I get from all of you. There is just something about talking with people who know EXACTLY what we are going through!!!

If you ever have any questions or ever need to talk please email me !!! edugator08@hotmail.com. Thank you for all of your kind thoughts and sharing your stories with me!

So I know that this post is about four days late! But I was trying to hold out until tommorrow when we will have real results. Then I thought maybe I can just update everybody up to the point where we are right now.

Well as you know this past Monday I had my monthly ultrasound, and William was getting tested. As you know this was an EXTREMELY awkward experience for not just him but for me as well, but we decided to walk in confident hand in hand, thinking that no matter what happens God will help us get throught it. This appointment had to of been the most stressful up to this point. My thinking was that if William ended up being ok then that is GREAT, but if there was something wrong, at least we know.

So this is how the appointment went... The nurse called me back for my ultrasound and took William where he needed to go, so I had to sit in the ultrasound room all by myself for what felt an ETERNITY!!! Til William finally joined me and of course as soon as he came in I drilled him with questions!! Then the Dr. came in and did our monthly ritual. Things looked good this was our 4th month of ovulating in a row. I proceeded to ask the following questions after he was done:-So what is our plan (meaning how many more months am I allowed to be on Clomid)?Dr: You will take Clomid about 3 more times permitting that you continue to ovulate.-What happens next after we can't take Clomid anymore?Dr: Once we are done with Clomid we will move on to shots which is a more aggressive method.-Do you think there is something wrong with William?Dr: No I don't think so, sometimes Clomid helps and then other times after taking it for long periods of time it makes your uterus a not so good place for an egg to nest.Once I asked all of my questions the Dr. then asked us if we had had William tested, we proceeded to tell him that we had JUST done it! He then asked us if we could wait around for about an hour becuase some of the results will be ready. He told us to go sit back out in the waiting room and either the nurse would come if things looked good, or he would come out if there was something wrong. After he left the room I just kind of lost it a little bit, I just sat there and cried. I wondered how did we get to this point. I told William I am so SCARED of the shots, I HATE needles!!!!! But I finally composed myself and we headed out to the waiting room.

So we tried to be calm and focus on the blessing that we would be able to get some of the results back so soon. We waited about 30-45 minutes and then the door finally opened and it was the Dr. a lump began to form in my throat thinking all the horrible things it could be, but I decided that it could be something small.

So of course both of our minds were racing as we followed the Dr. into a small room we had never been in before. He started out on a positive, William's count was really GOOD. So I was thanking God for that. But then he proceeded to tell us that there was something up and there were a few ways things could go. If this little issue could be cleared up by the prescription the Dr. wrote him we could continue on our merry way. If it does not clear up in 3 weeks on the prescription then he has to go see a special Dr. And lastly if the rest of the test results say it is something that can't be fixed then he would incorporate an IUI. So as you can imagine we have been praying for patience this whole week trying to wait to get the rest of the results, we are hoping we will get them tomorrow.

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Well I am sorry to say that around 11:30AM this morning Aunt Flow came and paid me a visit. So it is very clear that I am NOT pregnant ( I don't know what it is but when I say that phrase I always feel like I am one MAURY SHOW, "And William is NOT the father!") Yeah yeah I know not funny!!! Anyways I am proud to say that despite my disappointment, I am very glad that my pd. came as opposed to me taking a test and getting a negative result. I hate taking pregnancy tests. I just get so much anxiety, it's like I know it is going to be negative, but I still secretly hope that it will be positive. So I thank God that he was gracious enough to have my pd. come when it did. So I did not have to take a pregnancy test.

Unfortunately its arrival has sent a certain things into motion. The first is I obviously need to go get an ultrasound done on Monday. Fun, Fun! And well another serious thing must happen. You see these past few months William, Dr. W. ,and I having discussing William getting tested. Well this month was the cut off point, both William & I decided if I did not get pregnant this month we would get him tested. So guess what he has to do on Monday!!! And I am sure that all of you reading this have gone through this either in my shoes or William's. I feel so bad! But I know it has to be done. I know this has to be so hard for William, and it means the world to me that he would do this despite how uncomfortable and awkward it will be. I just love him so much and I thank God for him EVERY day!! There is no one more perfect for me, that could be there for me during this difficult time. He is truly amazing! Any way if anyone has some words of wisdom for us about what is coming ahead of us, please share!

And as usual thank you so much for all the kind thoughts and check-ins. I love my blog family!

Our Travels on the Baby Making Road

January 2009- 12th: Went in for first ultrasound saw baby's heart beat. 27th: first appointment with my OB.

December 2008- 6th pd. came. 7th I had an ultrasound told to start shots that night. 14th had IUI. 25th found out we were PREGNANT!!! 28th blood test to confirm pregnancy (got positive result).

November 2008- Took most of the month off, was prescribed Provera to make pd. come. Waited most of the month for it to come.

October 2008- ultrasound looked good, took 3 pills a day, got period on day 23, did not ovulate. Dr. said take the month off will start shots and have an IUI next cycle.

September 2008- ultrasound looked good, William got tested STILL WAITING FOR RESULTS!!! Took 3 pills a day (did not mess things up this time!!) Ovulated with a high number

August 2008-Took 3 pills a day (kinda messed up taking them because of distractions & Walgreens), went 8/25 to check progesterone level, ovulated, not pregnant

July 2008- Took 3 pills a day. will go in 7/26 to check prgesterone level.Ovulated,but no pregnancy.

June 2008- Still taking 3 pills a day, ovulated but no pregnacy.

May 2008- Increase dosage to 3 pills a day. Ovulated but no pregnancy

April 2008- Waited most of the month for period to come but never did had to use Provera again.

March 2008-Increased dosage to 2 pills but still did not ovulate.

Febuary 2008- 2nd round of chlomid but did not ovulate.

January 2008- Meet with Fertility Specialist and Diagnoses Stephanie with PCOS. Take Provera and then 1st round of Chlomid. And actually ovulated. But no pregnancy.

December 2007- Decide to go see OBGYN. She refers us to a fertility specialist

October2007- December 2007: No period and NOT pregnant

September 2007- Still off the pill and period never comes but still NOT pregnant.

August 2007- Still off the pill but getting no where.

July 2007- Got off the pill entusiastic about trying to get pregnant. Period takes forever to arrive, so we thought we werepregnant, NOT!!!

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My name is Stephanie and my husband's name is William. I am a first grade teacher and William is a superintendent for his family's road construction business. We have been married for five years. And after about two years for trying we have been blessed with a baby boy. Our son William "Willie" Michael Whitehurst, Jr. was born September 8th, 2009. We have spent every moment enjoying him. We feel so blessed to have him and eachother. From the beginning this blog has been a place to share our story, now our story includes this wonderful little person, who makes the story WAY more interesting!